Genealogy Haring » Neeltje Bot (1914-)

Birthday December 15, 1914

• The temperature on December 15, 1914 was between 4.6 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 17.9 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
  • December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
  • December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Muriel Rukeyser, American poet, academic, and activist († 1980)
• 1913 » Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman († 2001)
• 1915 » Eila Campbell, English geographer and cartographer († 1994)
• 1916 » Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor († 1964)
• 1916 » Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1916 » Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Governor of Pernambuco († 2005)